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HILLARY -- LIVING HER STORY For some time now, I've lived by a hard-and-fast rule: Never criticize the people around Bill Clinton more than you criticize Clinton himself. Bashing those around him only takes the heat off the guy who abused the presidency. Unless Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., runs for president -- and I don't think she will -- or unless I move to New York, I see no reason to change that rule. The release of her new book, "Living History," changes nothing. Don't get me wrong. I don't mean to paint Mrs. C as a victim. Why should...

Why not win?Debra Saunders (archive) May 23, 2003 | Print | SendHere's my question for the political team at the White House: How many elections do California Republicans have to lose because the White House is afraid that certain candidates and issues will cost the GOP wins elsewhere in the country or in the future? As Chuck Todd reported in the National Journal, "Republicans this side of the White House lawn" are opposed to efforts by Californians to push former Gov. Pete Wilson to run against Sen. Barbara Boxer. It doesn't matter that Wilson has won four statewide runs for...

Friday, November 8, 2002 6:21AM EST A lapse looks costly By BARRY SAUNDERS, Staff Writer I'll tell you one thing. If the sight of Donnie Harrison traipsing through the woods with bloodhounds wasn't enough to get Wake County's black voters to the polls, nothing will ever be enough. Harrison, in his TV ads and in an interview with me, noted that he favors bloodhounds to search for lost Alzheimer's patients, children and criminal suspects, but his use of them nonetheless sent chills down my spine because of their historical symbolism. Judging by voter turnout, Harrison's use of dogs that were...

ATHENS, Greece - Police captured a 10th suspected member of the deadly November 17 terrorist organization and a newspaper reported that the group had been planning an attack on U.S. and NATO peacekeepers. The daily Eleftherotypia reported Sunday that alleged gunmen of the ultra-left group already in custody told police they had planned to strike NATO peacekeepers based in Kosovo as they traveled through Greece. The newspaper said evidence had been found at November 17 hideouts suggesting the urban guerrillas were gathering information on NATO convoys leaving the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki. November 17 has claimed 22 killings, including...